'Health's a difficult beast': The interrelationships between domestic violence, women's health and the health sector. An Australian case study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1742-1750

  Fisher, Colleen ^a   Hunt, Lynne ^a   Adamsam, Rhonda ^b   Thurston, Wilfreda E ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Granny Spiers Community House Inc   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Domestic violence; Policy; Women; Women's movement

Indexed keywords

HEALTH POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; VIOLENCE; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; CANADA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34548629251     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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